A little soreness is good

The saying goes, “No Pain, No Gain.” Right? I like a little pain. Actually it’s a little soreness. It makes me feel like I’ve been working hard and I know for me, it means results.

Today when I woke up, I was definitely sore. Yesterday was an awesome workout. I knew it was a good workout [...]

Happy!

Happy. That’s what Dana wrote on today’s workout.

Well, since it’s Thursday, I think the happiness is that I don’t have to wake up at 6 a.m. tomorrow to workout but I’ll be awake by 6:30 anyway. I am now just used to getting up early to workout now. On Friday’s I am a little slower [...]

Tabata Tuesday!

There’s nothing like a Tabata Tuesday to get me moving in the morning. Tabata’s are one of my favorite workouts that I’ve learned from working out with Dana. After a warm up, quick kettlebell skill work and learning a few new tricks, we move on to the Tabata’s, which is the main part of the [...]

Who Am I?

The other morning there was a brief moment when I thought, “Who am I?” First, it was about 6:49 a.m. and I was in an elementary school gym working out (I am not known to be a morning person). Second, I was swinging a kettlebell (a year ago I had no idea what a kettlebell [...]

A killer Workout Ends Week 5 of Kettlebell Boot Camp

Last Thursday, August 6th marked the end of week 5 for Kettlebell Boot Camp.  It also marked the arrival of our ropes (major cardio drill!), and lots of new, heavier kettlebells for everyone!

Ropes/Shuttle Run and Dots/Ladders

 

1/2 Get up Drill and Snurpee Station

Interval Stations:  2 minutes and each station, rotate at the minute. Campers [...]

Bootcamp Week 3-Working Conditioning and Fundamentals

kettlebell snatch

Here is a sample workout from our evening boot camp workout group.  Everyone is really looking good with their bell and gaining confidence as well!

We started out tonight with sunshine so we warmed up with a few laps around the track. We then headed back to base camp and the following conditioning and fundamentals workout routine.

Strength [...]

The Benefits of Suspension Training for the Abdominals

Are you tired of traditional push-ups?  Shown to the left, is an example how suspension training can blast your abs while at the same time put more challenge to the traditional push-up.  This is an advanced movement.  Here’s how it is done:

Place your feet in the cradles of the TRX system, positioned low to the [...]

Camp Benchmark Workout

Kettlebell Warm-Ups

Flutter Kicking

Plank Drills

Mary's Jumping Squats

Camp Core Exercises